8th GEWEX Science Conference

The GEWEX-WCRP Open Science Conference on "Extremes and Water on the Edge" will be held from 6-11 May 2018 in Canmore, AB, Canada.

GEWEX is the Global Energy and Water Exchanges project of WCRP, PAGES' scientific partner.

Venue

The conference is hosted by the Global Institute for Water Security at the University of Saskatchewan and will be held at the Coast Canmore Hotel and Conference Centre in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.

Description

The 8th GEWEX Science Conference is structured around the topic of challenges confronting our ability to understand and predict changes in climate extremes and the availability of freshwater under the complex factors of natural variability, forced climate change due to human activities, and human management practices such as dams, reservoirs, land cover changes, and agricultural management.

The conference will reflect research activities that advance the main themes of the GEWEX project and of the two WCRP Grand Challenges on "Weather and Climate Extremes" and "Water for the Food Baskets of the World".